Noul PLAN MARITIM explicat: NAVIGARE cu STARLINK I Ep. 66

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1. Costs just got steeper!
   But, you are right, for costal cruising and island hopping it's still worth the money…

2. This was always in Starlink TOS. Nothing has changed in regards to the roaming version . You can use it close to shore while under about 8 knots. BUT: Officially you cannot use the roaming version on a boat at all. You never could! The maritime version uses satellite to satellite connections via laser which only 1.5 Starlink satellites provide. There are obviously no ground stations (POPs) on the ocean so sat to sat is necessary. This is of course more expensive thus the higher cost for maritime. Bottom line. You will still be fine with Starlink roam in marinas and on anchor close to shore. At this price point (EUR 300 for dish and EUR 100 per month) it is still a good deal.

3. Thanks Chris, very useful.
   Very much in similar liveaboard/Startlink situation to yourselves and you've confirmed our understanding.
   Actually unsubscribed from all Starlink forums, tired of repetitive/nauseating noddy questions and replies by clueless experts so having you filter that nonsense for us has been immensely useful!

4. If you cross over to the Caribbean for a longer period it is maybe cheaper to sell your European dish and buy a new £ 300 dish + £ 85 per month Caribbean subscription. Instead of the £ 200 per month maritime global subscription.

5. Like all relatively new services, lots of confusion and misleading information. You have put a very comprehensive video together that should help a lot of users.

6. I have watched lots of sailing channels over the years plenty still upload their videos every week from remote locations eg sailing into freedom etc I know its handy having the Internet but sailing is also the freedom to not have to worry about where to get Internet love your videos

7. It’s not a good deal for the maritime package because you are only likely to be offshore for perhaps 20 days on the ARC or similar and the rest of the time you are going to be in close to land in coastal waters. I don’t see this plan lasting at those prices.

8. Well done for giving a very honest and comprehensive explanation of the Starlink system and the various options they offer. Are you planning to continue working whilst offshore is that the reason why you are needing the internet access?

9. I just watched the latest Cruising Meraki video and they used Starlink (not the maritime version) all the way across the Pacific from Mexico to the Marquesas islands. Which surprised them.

10. Starlink uses a very focused phased array antenna system. Dishy 1&2, can only eletrically steer the signal a couple of degree, the HP dishes are way better at it. The HP dishy and flat dishy also have a better field of view than dish1&2. the low end dish is not meant to be used in motion, and on a boat the dish is always moving. I think starlink is moving in the right direction for the services they are providing. great video.

11. Awesome. This will kill iridium go. I just about bought the go for a rediculouse amount for not much connectivity. Instead i bought a sat phone that was affordable. Now starlink is affordable with all that connectivity

12. Very informative. We plan to purchase a system soon to use at our remote cabin in the summer and our sailboat in the winter. Sounds like we will still be good with the low cost equipment and the roam subscription. Bummer they are enforcing the no movement/offshore clauses but I'm assuming we will be ok in the Bahamas and Caribbean next to the islands. Very much appreciate the timely update. On the flip side, so many boats around us have it that the marinas WIFI is working great for us.

13. I can't email starlink without an account. Perhaps you can ask this question? If you and your yacht are on one continent and you order starlink maritime to your home country (because starlink says you can't ship to a different continent other than your account registered continent.) Can you then have your mail forwarding service then ship the starlink to you on your yacht and then activate it on another continent? After all it is global service. They do state on their site you cannot activate regular starlink on a different continent than you shipped to but no mention of global maritime version. The problem is, I want maritime on my yacht but I live on my yacht and I am not about to fly back to my country, sit in a hotel, wait on it then activate it and ship it overseas to my yacht. Just curious if someone could ask that would be great. Thanks.

14. I don't think sailing at 5-6kts is going to count as "being in motion", lol. We'll see what the cutoff speed will be but I think sailboats will be fine.

15. Thanks for this info. Really helps on deciding if I want to purchase starlink. The hexagon shape marker area starlink can be used, how can I see this ?

16. Good info. As long as the pirates don't figure out where the dead zones are. ☠️

17. Awesome update Chris, please keep us up to date if there are any changes

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